Am munition-charger



(No- Model.)

A D. WIGET.

AMMUNITION GHARGER.

Patented Deo. 29, 1891l` a A ..1 111111 //IIIII u UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

DOMINIO VVIGET, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

ANIMUNITION-CHARGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 466,209, dated December29, 1891.

Application iiled October 16,1890. Serial No. 368,308. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Beit knowrnthat I, DOMINIO WIGET, of the city of St. Louis, in the Stateof Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inAmmunition-Chargers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, formingpart of this specification.

This is an adjustable charger made convertible for use with a shotgun orrifle, and gaging the amount of ammunition accurately by weight. Thenovel features will be set forth in the claims.

The invention will be described as applied to powder-flasks.

The invention relates Wholly to the charger, which may be attached toany suitable receptacle.

Figures I and II are side views of the charger from dierent sides, withthe parts in normal position. Figs. III, IV, and V are longitudinalsections taken at III V, Fig. I, showing the valves in differentpositions. Fig. VI is a transverse section taken at VI VI, Fig. V. Fig;VII is a transverse section taken at VII VII, Fig. V. Fig. VIII is adetail longitudinal section taken at VIII VIII, Fig. III.

Part of the receptacle or ask is seen at l, the same having a metal neck2, with an interior screw-thread 3, to which the collar 4 of the fixedpart of the charger is connected by screwing therein. This fixed parthas a cylindrical tubular portion 5, and between this and the collar 4.is a diametric mortise 6, in which works a sliding valve 7, having anoriflee 8, which is in line with the bore of the tube 5 when the valveis in its normal position, as seen in Fig. III.

9 is a spring 'tending to keep the valve 7 in its normal position, inwhich case the orifice 8 is in line with the bore of the tube 5 and thegunpowder has access to the tube from the iiask. The valve is pushedinto the positions shown in Figs. IV and V by pressure against a knob orbutton 10.

Telescoped on the tube 5 is a tube 11, which has limited endwisemovement thereon to regulate the size of the charger. The tube 11 has alongitudinal slot 12, through which passes a thumb-screw 13, whichscrews in the tube 5 and which serves to hold the tube 11 to itsadjustment.

14 is a tube which is inserted in the tube 5 for reducing the capacitywhen the charger is used for a riiie, the construction being such thatwhen the tube 14 is out the charger shall be of suitable size for usewith a shotgun. Upon the opposite sides of the tube 5 are marked scales5a and 5b, one of which-is suited for use when the tube 14 is absent andthe other for use when it is present. One of these scales may representdrams and the other grains. The thumb-screw I3 may bear against theremovable tube 14C and serveV to hold it in place. (See Fig. IV.)

15 is a valve sliding transversely in the tube 1l, and which in itsnormal position (see Figs. III and IV) is closed, so as to prevent theescape of powder from the charger. Y

16 is a spring-lever whose end I7enters a recess 17 in the valve, sothat the movement of the lever causes the movement of the valve. v

18 is a spring tending to hold the lever and valve in their normalposition, as seen in Figs. IV and V.

19 is a heel upon the lever, with which the knob or button 10 comes incontact as it nears its inner position, and carries the lever and valveinto the position shown in Fig. V, when the valve-orifice 20 is in linewith the bore of the tube 11, so as to allow the escape of powder fromthe charger. The lever I6 works in a casing 21.

22 is a removable nozzle by which the vent is reduced to suit it to aritle.

The operation is as follows: IVhen used with a rifle, the tube 14 ispresent, as seen in Fig. IV, and when with a shotgun the tube 14 isabsent, as seen in Fig. V. The charger is held vent down, with thenozzle in the vent of the gun, the parts being in the position shown inFig. III. The valve 7 is pushed in by pressure against the knob 10. Thisfirst closes the valve 7, as seen in Fig. IV, and then opens the valve15, as seen in Fig. V, and the powder escapes into the gun. On allowingthe valve 7 to move outward the valve 15 closes before the valve 7opens, so that there is no escape of the powder from the charger untilthe knob l0 is again forced in.

I claim as my inventionv 1. A charger for ammunition-flasks, having twosliding valves, springs throwing the valves into normal position, and anintermediate le- IOO ver actuated by and independent of the valve nearerthe flask and actuating the other valve, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, in an ammunitioncharger, of a measuring-tube, valve7, spring 9, lever 16, pivoted in a casing 21, adapted to be engaged byvalve 7 at one end and arranged independently of said valve, spring 1S,and valve 15, engaged by the other end of said lever, substantially asset forth.

3. The combination, in an ammunitioncharger, of the tube 5, the tube 11,telescoped and adjustable thereon and having a longitudinal slot 12, aset-screw 13 passing through the slot and screwing in the tube 5, areducing-tube 14, fitting in the tube 5, and valves 7 and 15, closingthe charger near the inner and outer ends, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination, in an ammunitioncharger, of the measure having twotubes 5 and 11, telescoped together, a valve 7 between the fiask and themeasure, the tube 5, having scales 5n and 5b and the tube 1l, a slot 12,a set-screw 13, passing through the slot and screwing through the tube5, a valve 15, closing the outer end of the measure, and a spring-lever16, adapted to receive at one end the impact and arrangedindependentlyof a knob upon the valve 7 and acting by its other end onthe valve 15, all substantially as set forth.

5. The combination, in an ammunitioncharger, of the valves 7 and 15,tube 5, the tube 11, telescoped and sliding thereon, and the removabletube 14, fitting within the tube 5, substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

6. The combination, in an ammunitioncharger, of the telescoped valves 7and 15, tubes 5 and 11, sliding the latter on the former, the scales 5a5b on the tube 5,and the removable tube 14, fitting within the tube 5,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

7. The combination, in an ammunitioncharger, of the valves 7 and 15,tube 5, the tube 11, telescoped and sliding on the tube 5 and slottedlongitudinally at 12, a removable reducing-tube 14, and a screw 13,passing through slot 12 and a threaded perforation in the tube 5 andengaging the tube 14: and holding all the parts together, substantiallyas and for the purpose set forth.

8. The combination, in an ammunitioncharger, of the measure having twotubes 5 and 11, telescoped together, a valve between the ask and themeasure with a knob 10, a spring 9, acting on the valve, the tube 5,having scales 5L and 5b, the tube 1l being slotted longitudinally, ascrew 3, passing through the slot and screwing through the tube 5, aremovable tube 14, fitting in the tube 5 and held by the screw, a valve15, working across the outer end of the measure, and a spring-lever1(3,adapted to receive the impact of the knob 10 and engaging the valve15, substantially 65 as and for the purpose set forth.

DOMINIC -VIGE' In presence of- SAML. KNIGHT,

ENJN. A. KNIGHT.

